Volga Federal District
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Volga Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. It is the second most populated federal district (after Central). Its population was 29,899,699 (70.8% urban) according to the 2010 census, living on an area of 1,038,000 square kilometers (401,000sqmi). Igor Komarov was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on 18 September 2018.
Demographics
Federal subjects
The district comprises the Volga (part), Volga-Vyatka and Urals (part) economic regions and fourteen federal subjects:
| # | Flag | Coat of Arms | Federal subject | Area in km2 | Population (2021) | GDP | Capital/Administrative center | Map of Administrative Division |
| 1 | Republic of Bashkortostan | 143,600 | 4,091,423 | ₽2,000 billion | Ufa | |||
| 2 | Kirov Oblast | 120,800 | 1,153,680 | ₽481 billion | Kirov | |||
| 3 | Mari El Republic | 23,200 | 677,097 | ₽222 billion | Yoshkar-Ola | |||
| 4 | Republic of Mordovia | 26,200 | 783,552 | ₽298 billion | Saransk | |||
| 5 | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 76,900 | 3,119,115 | ₽1,888 billion | Nizhny Novgorod | |||
| 6 | Orenburg Oblast | 124,000 | 1,862,767 | ₽1,394 billion | Orenburg | |||
| 7 | Penza Oblast | 43,200 | 1,266,348 | ₽537 billion | Penza | |||
| 8 | Perm Krai | 160,600 | 2,532,405 | ₽1,741 billion | Perm | |||
| 9 | Samara Oblast | 53,600 | 3,172,925 | ₽2,123 billion | Samara | |||
| 10 | Saratov Oblast | 100,200 | 2,442,575 | ₽1,006 billion | Saratov | |||
| 11 | Republic of Tatarstan | 68,000 | 4,004,809 | ₽3,455 billion | Kazan | |||
| 12 | Udmurt Republic | 42,100 | 1,452,914 | ₽842 billion | Izhevsk | |||
| 13 | Ulyanovsk Oblast | 37,300 | 1,196,745 | ₽499 billion | Ulyanovsk | |||
| 14 | Chuvash Republic | 18,300 | 1,186,909 | ₽393 billion | Cheboksary |
Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census: Total - 29,899,699 people.
Russians - 19,811,351 (66.26%)
Tatars - 3,999,568 (13.38%)
Bashkirs - 1,282,794 (4.29%)
Chuvash - 1,272,790 (4.26%)
Mordva - 617,050 (2.06%)
Udmurts - 497,214 (1.66%)
Mari - 473 015 (1.58%)
Ukrainians - 272 385 (0.91%)
Kazakhs - 221,047 (0.74%)
Armenians - 108,774 (0.36%)
Komi-Perm - 82 979 (0.28%)
Azerbaijanis - 80 727 (0.27%)
Belarusians - 62,560 (0.21%)
Uzbeks - 50 523 (0.17%)
Germans - 48,211 (0.16%)
Tajiks - 33 463 (0.11%)
Roma - 28,270 (0.09%)
Jews - 20 968 (0.07%)
Moldovans - 15,548 (0.05%)
Georgians - 13 534 (0.05%)
Koreans - 12,215 (0.04%)
Chechens - 11,828 (0.04%)
Lezgins - 10 636 (0.04%)
Individuals who did not indicate nationality - 771,435 (2.92%)
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
| No. | Name (envoy) | Photo | Term of office | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start of term | End of term | Length of service | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Kiriyenko | 18 May 2000 | 14 November 2005 | 5years, 180days (2,006 days) | Vladimir Putin | |
| 2 | Aleksandr Konovalov | 14 November 2005 | 12 May 2008 | 2years, 180days (910 days) | ||
| 3 | Grigory Rapota | 12 May 2008 | 15 December 2011 | 3years, 217days (1,312 days) | Dmitry Medvedev | |
| 4 | Mikhail Babich | 15 December 2011 | 24 August 2018 | 6years, 252days (2,444 days) | ||
| - | Igor Panshin (acting) | 24 August 2018 | 7 September 2018 | 14 days | Vladimir Putin | |
| 5 | Igor Komarov | 7 September 2018 | present | 8years, 2days (2,924 days) |
See also
- List of largest cities in Volga Federal District (in Russian)
Notes
| Federal districts of Russia |
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| North Caucasian | Central | Southern | Northwestern | Far Eastern | Siberian | Ural | Volga |
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